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I'm thinking of going to Canada to see Cobras Cobras Cobras. I'll be like Lars: "Later on in life, in 1981, Lars discovered a British heavy metal band called Diamond Head. He was so excited about their style of music after getting hold of their 1980 debut Lightning to the Nations that he traveled all the way from San Francisco to London in order to see the band perform live at the Woolwich Odeon. However, the young Lars had not planned the trip out particularly well and was left without anywhere to stay after the gig. However, he managed to meet the band backstage and explain the lengths he had taken to see them. The band warmed to him and lead guitarist Brian Tatler let him stay with him in Birmingham,[1] where Lars spent the next few weeks touring with the band. Lars still remains a big fan of the band and even helped mix their Best Of album." Aww :)

...not sure I'd travel abroad for the sole purpose of going to a gig. I'd probably attach that event onto an already planned holiday or widen the scope of of my trip to include a holiday with a mixture of planned events. The gig alone wouldn't make me hunt for my passport.

I flew for £30, at 4pm on a saturday afternoon, stayed in a cool hotel for about £30 (sharing), then flew back on sunday lunchtime. Not time off work, cheaper than a £50 train and £50+ hotel, comedy london drink prices, tube tickets and gigs never as good (but I wont open that one again).

For Ryan Adams, we flew for more like £40 each, hotel was about £80 between us. We flew first thing saturday and got there for breakfast, had a whole day lording it up, went to the best RA show, with most respectful crowd I have been to, then flew back sunday lunchtime again feeling like I had been on a proper holiday.

Suffice to say this doesn't work quite so well if you don't have time to stay over, but for a saturday gig, with enough time ahead to get cheap flights, it is a winner.

All I'd say is, if you're going a long way for a gig build a trip round it, with at least a couple of days staying wherever you're going. If the gig's cancelled and all you've given yourself time to do is travel there and back, you've completely wasted your money. In other words, it should be as much about the place as the band. Which might sound stupid but I've seen people get very bitter on a few occasions when a gig has been cancelled, on account of how far they've travelled. Which is just daft.

I was in San Francisco travelling with 2 friends and we came to the democratic decision that we were going to spend the entire Easter weekend travelling across country to Washington D.C. because our favourite band, ahem, The Wonderstuff, were playing there supporting the Mission. We took the train because we had Amtrak passes so spent the best part of 3 days getting to D.C. only to discover the gig had been cancelled that morning because one of the Mission felt a bit poorly or something. I'd have made him feel a bit more than poorly if i'd seen him in the street the next day, I tells ya. The previous year I was also in the States (what a great life I had back then! :)) and saw that the Pixies were playing in New York so I bought a ticket and proceeded to trot off on the Greyhound to California. That time I decided against travelling back for the gig, so I blame my friends for the initial ridiculous decision... 2838 miles apparently.

I was in San Francisco travelling with 2 friends and we came to the democratic decision that we were going to spend the entire Easter weekend travelling across country to Washington D.C. because our favourite band, ahem, The Wonderstuff, were playing there supporting the Mission. We took the train because we had Amtrak passes so spent the best part of 3 days getting to D.C. only to discover the gig had been cancelled that morning because one of the Mission felt a bit poorly or something. I'd have made him feel a bit more than poorly if i'd seen him in the street the next day, I tells ya. The previous year I was also in the States (what a great life I had back then! :)) and saw that the Pixies were playing in New York so I bought a ticket and proceeded to trot off on the Greyhound to California. That time I decided against travelling back for the gig, so I blame my friends for the initial ridiculous decision... 2838 miles apparently.

I know no-one hitchhikes these days but in the good old days when I was a nipper and unemployed I'd regularly do 200-300 mile round trips to see bands, all just using the power of the thumb which was a lot more testing. Ace fun and I hardly ever got raped or murdered.

Spain! Imagine, a whole different country. Otherwise just London I guess. Although Minehead is far more annoying to get to so it seems as if it's further away. My friend's dad went to NY to see Bruce Springsteen at MSG. And apparently it was very good indeed. My cousin went to see that Hatton fight there too. I guess the fact that you've travelled to NY/MSG improves a gig/event somewhat. I would probably still be mad after three hours of Bruce though. Same guy always tells me about how he's seen Neil Young 18000 times and never enjoyed it

it took i say from leaving glasgow to get to dublin about 12/13hous if not more.had tickets for the gig before i decided that i wanted to go to uni like a week before it atarted. couldn't get flights cheap enough via bfast.

my reasoning for going to dublin via the belfast? i thought i could tie it in with a vist to my parents. - i saw them for about an hour before i had to leave again

For Glassjaw 7/7/7
On a coach for £6. Took about 7 hours because of the stupid global warming gig and the tour de france, so the coach got stuck in traffic, then found lots of roads closed. Was worth it in the end though. I have contemplated going to europe for gigs a few times, might actually plan a trip in the summer see if their are two gigs in a random place with a reasonable amount of time between them and do a holiday around it.

both amazing weekends. I've also been up to aberdeen for copy haho/danana gig.

Last year (when i had lots of cash) i really wanted to go to amsterdam to see the kind of amazing line up of Xiu Xiu, Dirty Projectors and Why?. Unfortunately, i pussied out. it would've been totally worth it.